June 2024
Hill Annex Mine State Park permanently closed to allow mining to resume
Hill Annex Mine State Park in Calumet has been deauthorized as a state park and is now closed.
The Lowe Down: Looking for FDR…
The following Lowe Down column was published a little over a year ago on Friday, June 9, 2023 in the Clay County Courier and in various CherryRoad Media newspapers within that week.
From the Editor’s Desk
Last week I received a handwritten, unsigned note in my mailbox expressing unhappiness about one of the columns that appears on this page regularly.
Summer Solstice arrives this Thursday
We had some additional showers and thunderstorms that impacted the state earlier this week.
Ask a Trooper: Collector Plates…
Question: Can a truck with collector plates on it be used in a snow plow business?
Montevideo VA Clinic opens at new location on June 17
The Montevideo VA Clinic is moving to a new, larger facility located at 814 N.
Dawson’s Robert Ramberg named to University of Iowa dean’s list for 2024 spring semester
Robert Ramberg of Dawson, was among the more than 7,650 undergraduate students at the University of Iowa named to the dean’s list for the 2024 spring semester.Ramberg is a fourth-year student in Iowa’s University College and is majoring in Bachelor of Applied Studies.Dean’s list status was earned by 1,063 first-year undergraduates during the 2023 spring semester at Iowa, 1,752 second-year students, 2,041 third-year students, and 2,807 fourth-year students.Guidelines for inclusion on the list are:Degree seeking undergraduate students in the Carver College of Medicine, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, the College of Engineering, the College of Public Health, the Tippie College of Business, and University College who achieved a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.50 or higher on 12 semester hours or more of UI graded coursework during a given semester or summer session and who have no semester hours of “I” (incomplete) or “O” (no grade reported) during the same semester are recognized by inclusion on the dean’s list for that semesterUndergraduate students in the Roy J.
Local students named to MSU Moorhead Dean’s List
The following students have been named to the Minnesota State University Moorhead dean’s list in recognition of academic achievement spring semester 2024.
M State announces spring 2024 graduates
The following students are among the 605 spring semester 2024 graduates of Minnesota State Community and Technical College.
Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council awarded workforce grant
Governor Tim Walz last week announced $2.7 million in grants to build career pathways for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) and low-income Minnesotans into good-paying union trade jobs in the high-demand fields of construction, clean energy and energy efficiency.“A green economy sets us up for a healthier future while ensuring that all Minnesotans share the benefits of clean and renewable energy.